Re: A long rant on Debian 9

On Sun, 6 May 2018 18:09:12 -0400
Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John composed on 2018-05-06 21:51 (UTC+0100):
>
> > How do I get a working computer? I can ssh in from elsewhere but
> > that is not what I need. And I need wifi.
>
> My Debian installations are all net installs that include
>
> tasks=standard base-installer/install-recommends=false
>
> on the kernel cmdline. I get nothing I don't need installed that way.
> Xorg and whatever else I need I get with apt* once booted normally.
>
How do you get that on the kernel cmdline? My guess is that when the
net-install medium boots, showing the menu which grub displays, you
edit and append "tasks=..." to the line that starts "linux" right?
- Dan